A Christmas Carol Quiz

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question.

What do you learn about Scrooge from Jacob Marley in Act I, Scene 1, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

a.	He was a good friend to Marley.
b.	He often gives money to the poor.
c.	He is a solitary, miserly man.
d.	He likes cold, dark winter days.

In Act I, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what do you learn about the characters from the dialogue between Scrooge and his nephew?

a.	They have different ideas about the worth of Christmas.
b.	They have different ideas about the value of youth and age.
c.	They have different ideas about how to run a business.
d.	They have different ideas about the meaning of humbug.

What do you learn about Bob Cratchit from his dialogue with Scrooge in Act I, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

a.	He fears Scrooge and plans to find a new job.
b.	He understands Scrooge and pities him.
c.	He is angry with Scrooge and plans to get revenge.
d.	He is poor and hopes Scrooge will pay him more.

In Act I, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why does Scrooge object to people enjoying Christmas?

a.	He is sad at Christmas because Marley died on Christmas Eve.
b.	He actually likes Christmas and only pretends to dislike it.
c.	He believes poor people should be unhappy even at Christmas.
d.	He cares only for making money, and Christmas is an interruption.

When Scrooge goes home in Act I, Scene 3, which actions show that he is uneasy?

I. He trims his candle as he walks.
II. He checks each of the rooms.
III. He looks under the sofa and table.
IV. He sees Marley's face in the pictures.

a.	I, II, IV
b.	II, III, IV
c.	I, II, III
d.	I, III, IV

According to Act I, Scene 3, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, how did Marley get the chain that he wears?

a.	It was given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
b.	It wrapped itself around him when he first screamed.
c.	He created it to present to Scrooge as a gift.
d.	He made it with his greed during his lifetime.

What is revealed about Scrooge's childhood in Act I, Scene 5?

a.	He was alone and lonely.
b.	He was his father's favorite.
c.	He cared only about money.
d.	He was afraid of ghosts.

According to the dialogue between the younger Scrooge and the woman in Act I, Scene 5, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, why is the woman ending their engagement?

a.	He is too interested in money.
b.	She thinks they are too young to marry.
c.	She believes he loves another woman.
d.	He calls her a mindless loon.

How is Marley different from the other characters in Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

a.	He speaks directly to the audience.
b.	He is a ghost.
c.	He criticizes Scrooge's attitude.
d.	He is an apprentice.

10.

What is mainly described in this passage from Act II, Scene 1, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

[Present is wearing a simple green robe. The walls around the room are now covered in greenery, as well. The room seems to be a perfect grove now: leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy reflect the stage lights. Suddenly, there is a mighty roar of flame in the fireplace and now the hearth burns with a lavish, warming fire.]

a.	the Ghost's size
b.	the Ghost's room
c.	the Ghost's attitude
d.	the Ghost's orchard

11.

When he meets the Ghost of Christmas Present in Act II, Scene 1, what does Scrooge say that shows he has already changed?

a.	“Come in, come in! Come in and know me better!”
b.	“Have you had many brothers, Spirit?”
c.	“A tremendous family to provide for!”
d.	“If you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.”

12.

What do you learn about Scrooge from this passage from Act II, Scene 3?

Present. This is the home of your employee, Mr. Scrooge. Don't you know it?
Scrooge. Do you mean Cratchit, Spirit? Do you mean this is Cratchit's home?

a.	He has a poor memory for places.
b.	He has forgotten his employee's name.
c.	He has never visited the Cratchits' home.
d.	He is trying to annoy the Ghost.

13.

In Act II, Scene 3, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what is Scrooge's first reaction on seeing Cratchit's family?

a.	He thinks Cratchit has too many children.
b.	He is afraid that Tiny Tim will not live.
c.	He is touched that Cratchit toasts him.
d.	He wants to think about what he sees.

14.

In Act II, Scene 3, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what does Christmas Present say to indicate that Scrooge's actions can affect the outcome of events?

a.	“I would say that he gets the pleasure of his family.”
b.	“I see a vacant seat … in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner.”
c.	“If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die.”
d.	“Save your breath, Mr. Scrooge. You can't be seen or heard.”

15.

In Act II, Scene 4, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what are the two women and the man selling to Old Joe?

a.	items they stole from Scrooge's rooms after he died
b.	items Scrooge gave them before he died
c.	items Cratchit gave them after Scrooge died
d.	items Scrooge kept to remind himself of his first love

16.

In Act II, Scene 4, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what does the Ghost of Christmas Future do that gives Scrooge hope?

a.	He never speaks a word to Scrooge.
b.	He points to Scrooge's tombstone.
c.	He pulls away from Scrooge.
d.	He drops his garments and disappears.

Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

17.

Which line of dialogue best describes Scrooge's nephew's ideas about Christmas?

a.	“Christmas a ‘humbug,’ Uncle? I'm sure you don't mean that.”
b.	“[Christmas is] when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely.”
c.	“Don't be angry, Uncle. Come! Dine with us tomorrow.”
d.	“I'll keep my Christmas humor to the last. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle!”

18.

What is the most important information the reader gets from these stage directions in Act II, Scene 1, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

[Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, are turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, … mince-pies, plum puddings, … cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, … and seething bowls of punch, that make the chamber dim with their delicious steam. Upon this throne sits Present, glorious to see.]

a.	how the Ghost of Christmas Present looks
b.	how the Ghost of Christmas Present spends his time
c.	what foods wealthy people ate in nineteenth-century England
d.	how a room full of food and drink might look and smell

19.

What does the playwright most likely mean to suggest at the end of these stage directions from Act II, Scene 2, of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

[The choral groups will hum the song they have just completed now and mill about the streets, carrying their dinners to the bakers' shops and restaurants. They will, perhaps, sing about being poor at Christmastime, whatever.]

a.	The chorus should continue singing and carrying food.
b.	The chorus members should be grouped together on the stage.
c.	The director should decide what the chorus will sing about.
d.	The bakers' shops and the restaurants should be open for business.

20.

What purpose is served by these stage directions, from Act II, Scene 3?

[Scrooge touches Present's robe. The lights fade out on the Cratchits, who sit, frozen, at the table. Scrooge and Present in a spotlight now. Thunder, lightning, smoke. They are gone.]

a.	They explain Scrooge's character.
b.	They signal a change of setting.
c.	They describe the Cratchit home.
d.	They show the director's skill.